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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/sibjō

This Proto-Germanic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Germanic

Etymology

Likely derived from pre-Germanic *sebʰi/*sebʰyo, dative singular of reflexive pronoun Proto-Indo-European *s(w)e.[1]

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈsiβ.jɔː/

Noun

*sibjō f

  1. relationship, kinship
  2. friendship

Inflection
ō-stemDeclension of *sibjō (ō-stem)
singular plural
nominative *sibjō *sibjôz
vocative *sibjō *sibjôz
accusative *sibjǭ *sibjōz
genitive *sibjōz *sibjǫ̂
dative *sibjōi *sibjōmaz
instrumental *sibjō *sibjōmiz

Derived terms

Descendants
  • Proto-West Germanic: *sibbju
    • Old English: sibb
      • Middle English: sibbe, sib
    • Old Frisian: sibbe
    • Old Saxon: sibbia
    • Old Dutch: *sibba
      • Middle Dutch: sibbe
        • Dutch: sibbe (possibly a loanword from Frisian)
    • Old High German: sippea, sibba, sippa
      • Middle High German: sippe
  • Old Norse: Sif; sifjar pl
    • Icelandic: Sif; sifjar pl
    • Faroese: Siv
    • Old Swedish: sif (in compounds, e.g. guþsif)
    • Danish: Sif
  • Gothic: 𐍃𐌹𐌱𐌾𐌰 (sibja)

References
  1. Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*sebjō-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 429
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